United States Army Cyber Command Announces Release of DOD Identity Awareness and Protection Management Guide

via the hardest working editor in the Information Security/Cyber Security/Physical Security space - William Knowles - the Senior Editor of Infosec News, comes an announcement report from the Department of the Army's U.S. Army Cyber Command in which, the publication of the DoD Identity Awareness and Protection Management Guide has been made generally available for public download.

"The IAPM Guide is divided into two-page chapters detailing key privacy considerations on the most popular online services, mobile apps, and consumer devices available in the market today. Each chapter provides you with tools, recommendations, and step-by-step guides to implement settings that maximize your security. The guide is updated twice a year, in March and September." - via William Knowles, Senior Editor of Infosec News and the U.S. Department of Defense's Department of the Army's, U.S. Army Cyber Command on the release of the IAPM Guide.

Inspector General's Report: The DOD Software Fail

via Heather Kuldell, reporting for DefenseOne, comes the sorry tale of the fundamental failure of information security capability, this time at the Department of Defense, and revolving around the lack of control of what bits are installed on the Department's networks worldwide. All this, via the latest Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General's Report, DoD Management of Software Applications DODIG-2019-037. Astounding.

BMDS, The Failed Audit

via Lawrence Abrams, writing at his web property Bleeping Computer, comes superlative reportage, targeting flaws in the United States Ballistic Missle Defense establishment and Infrastructure. The news source? None other than the US Department of Defenses' "Inspector General's Report DODIG-2019-034 Security Controls at DOD Facilities for Protecting Ballistic Missle Defense System Technical Information". Just a Little Light Reading for the holidays, eh?

USMC Grounds COTS UAVs: Security Concerns →

via Gidget Fuentes - writing at the United States Naval Institute (USNI), of the United States Marine Corps decision to ground all COTS (Common Off The Shelf) UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) from use by Marines. The decision was precipated by the security flaws in consumer-grade drone platforms.

Silent Shout Out: One Hundred and Eighteen Years of Silent Service

On the occasion of 118 years of Heroic Service to the United States of America we welcome the opportunity to extend our heartiest congratulations to the Men and Women of the United States Navy's Submarine Forces in their work to protect, defend and when necessary, take their warfighters to the battle or the battle to the enemy. Happy Anniversary!